A shanty with words similar to [Hieland Laddie] and the same or almost identical tune is Donkey Riding. This was also very popular among the timber droghers both in Liverpool and Canadian ports, and was used as both a capstan and runaway song when working cargo. I had my version from an old shipmate called Spike Sennit, who said it was just as popular at sea as in port. The compiler of the Oxford Song Book (II), who gives a version very similar to mine, states that it was “not a shanty … but … a song which helped the ship's company stow deck cargo.” I'm afraid this is tying the meaning of the word shanty down a bit too tightly! Many work-songs used by seamen and dockers to stow cargo (in particular lumber and cotton) were the same as those used for capstan and other jobs at sea. And vice versa. Both Bullen and Doerflinger tend to show this, as well as do shanty books in Scandinavian languages. Many Scandinavian shanties used at capstan and pumps were sung when stowing timber aboard Baltic barques and timber droghers. Much improvisation was given to this song and many indecent lines found in the regulation verses.

Often people sing "Way hey and away we go", but Hugill lists it as "Way O" I kinda like it. Take yer pick:

Lyrics:

Were you ever in QuebecStowin' timber on the deck?Where ye'd break yer bleedin' neckRiding on a donkey!

chorus:Way O and away we goDonkey riding, donkey ridingWay O and away we goRiding on a donkey.

Were you ever off the HornWhere it's always fine and warm?Where's there's a lion and a unicornRiding on a donkey.

Were you ever in Cardiff BayWhere the folks all shout, "Hooray!"?"Here comes Johnny with his six months payRiding on a donkey."

Were you ever in TimbucktooWhere the gals are black and blue?And they wriggle their arses, tooRiding on a donkey.

Were you ever in VallipoWhere the gals put on a show?Wriggle their arse with a roll and goRiding on a donkey.

Wuz ye ever down Mobile BayScrewin' cotton all the day?,A dollar a day is a white man's pay.Ridin' on a donkey.

Wuz ye ever in CantonWhere the men wear pigtails long,And the gals play hong-ki-kong?Ridin' on a donkey.

Wuz ye ever in MirramasheeWhere ye tie up to a tree,An' the skeeters do bite we?Ridin' on a donkey

Wuz ye ever on the BroomielawWhere the Yanks are all the go,An' the boys dance heel an' toe?Ridin' on a donkey.